US-backed mega-trade agreement could stop region’s poor from getting life-saving meds
Hundreds of millions of patients around the Pacific rim face losing the chance to use new, cheap generic drugs to treat a host of conditions, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s…
Former Panamanian dictator Noriega in hospital ahead of trial
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, 81, was taken to hospital a few days ahead of the start of a trial against him, the Panamanian daily La Estrella reported Monday.…
DEA suspects top Venezuela officials in cocaine, money laundering conspiracy: report
Is Venezuela the cocaine capital of the world? Suspecting top officials there have turned the country into a “global hub for cocaine trafficking and money laundering,” federal prosecutors are joining…
Drugs, migrants and rebels: Life along Panama’s Darién Gap
The border between Panama and Colombia is perplexingly unique.It's the meeting point of two countries and two continents - North and South America - with long, connected histories of trade…
Demands for resignation after Honduran president caught in funding scandal
Hondurans demanded the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez Wednesday during demonstrations across the violence plagued capital city of Tegucigalpa. Protesters outside the National Congress questioned Hernandez's involvement in a…
Chinese Premier gearing up for another Latin America tour
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is preparing for another Latin America tour next week that may culminate in some major financial agreements as Beijing continues to shore up its economic ties…
Putin’s “Soviet” ambitions on the march in Latin America
When Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century, he was perhaps taking the unusual step of…
United States approves ferry service to and from Cuba
The Obama administration took another step forward in its efforts to normalize relations with Cuba by restoring commercial ferry services between the former Cold War rivals.The U.S. Treasury Department Tuesday…
